PlayStation Plus: Lone Survivor: Director’s Cut Free for Members

It’s easy to look at Lone Survivor’s art style and think it’s not going to scare you, but this game is legitimately freaky. You’ll take the role of a creeptastic guy attempting to survive in a city overrun by disease, which apparently turns you into a nasty walking ball of fleshy bits. Given the scarcity of ammo, you’ll likely be focused on hiding from the flesh monsters roaming the world versus conducting constant head-on assaults. The story unfolds based on your choices throughout the game and there are multiple endings to discover as a result. The final bonus is that this title is Cross-Buy, so PlayStation Plus members will receive both the PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game.

The Spring Fever sale continues this week with day 1 discounts on Towerfall Ascension and Vessel. The franchise portion of the sale this week focuses on Call of Duty, so check out all of the discounted bundles below.

You can download Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut after the PlayStation Store updates tomorrow, 3/11.

In this psychological survival adventure, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut is a new kind of adventure where the choice of how to survive is up to you. Sneak through without firing a single shot, or kill everything in your path. Eat and sleep well, or resort to drugs to keep going. Search for survivors, or try to escape the city alone. Look after your mental health, or descend into madness. Lone Survivor is a game where your choices genuinely matter.

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Last year, my main complaint was that Sony (like lots of other publishers/developers) is blatantly trying its very hardest to force the indie scene on everyone, whether they liked that genre or not.

This year, my main complaint is that Sony is giving me far too many fantastic games for free, and easily five times that amount of games being offered at deep discounts that are too good to pass up.

Sony could not have pulled off a more profound 180, in my eyes. My PS+ subscription is now indispensable, and will be a permanent service for as long as I continue to own any Sony gaming consoles. I’ve convinced at least five of my friends to get their own subscription, simply because I don’t want anyone to feel jelly when I brag about my awesome library of games.

And, FFX-HD drops next week… as if my backlog wasn’t huge enough as it is.

On top of that, a real industry insider would have always appreciated indie developers for keeping the heart of the industry beating, not only by constantly refreshing interest in ever-evolving concepts (which is essential in an industry driven by pure artistry), but also with valuable income that undoubtedly keeps the boat afloat. A real industry insider knows that big-budget games take more time, expenses, and dedication to produce than ever before, so, at this point, the bite-size experiences indies provide as an accompaniment to, and sometimes as a link between the increasingly sporadic major releases, are needed much more than ever… to the point where the industry may struggle to survive without them. And you wonder why they’re being “pushed”… but any real (and humble) insider would have already known…

GTA games are extremely well designed. And that’s not fanboy talk. The level of depth and detail in GTA games far surpasses most, and the sense of humor is straight-up genius. I know some of the missions can get repetitive, but the beauty of an open-ended sandbox game is that you can always personally stylize the results, even in those seemingly linear segments. Rockstar has a lot of truly talented people in their crew. It’s undeniable.

What is it about GTA that you don’t like?

@ TJF588

I’ll need your personal definition of “casting” before I can address that. ;)

Actually, save it for later. I’ve got some other things to take care of right now. Peace.

@50, I refuse to buy any game over $60. It’s just disrespectful for CANADA to be paying more for games cause the worth of our dollar when it isn’t raised for america in the opposite position. I’ll even start buying my games all used at $60 if that’s what it takes. I’m tired of this lack of fair play for Canada. We are still making the same amount we always were, we have always paid more for gaming then america, can’t we ever just get the same respect smh.

Bought Lone Survivor a while back well worth it. To all the people saying nothing for you this week, you should reconsider, this is an amazing game, and when you complete all the endings and piece the story together, it’s even greater.

@61 Primerino — Like a fishing line, was the visual in mind. Not trolling in a similar visual (though isn’t that more nets than lines?), but not calling out the pun (which, to these eyes, was coincidental with “bundle”).

(As for GTA, well, tried the PSP one we got through Plus, tuned to a radio channel I like the tunes on, some classical set or such, but then discovered I really wouldn’t be willing to acclimate to the driving in this game with “Auto” in the title, so nixed it. Maybe I ought crack open my Steam set sometime… Or have more of a go at Grand Theft Horse.)

Well, if the Infamous price hike is because of the strong Canadian dollar, that’s incredible. Although if that was the reason, you’d expect everything in the store to go up, not just this one game. Well, looks like my commitment to an all-digital future will just have to wait for a sale! Well played!

Like I say, I don’t necessarily disagree with paying more for games this generation, but as this is a lone example, with no announcement as to why, it does reek of opportunism. Which I also don’t disagree with – this is business after all, but at least be open about why, Sony.

$13.15 for five full GTA games sounds damn good. i paid 50 to 60$ each on there releases… Welmosca are you joking ? come on realy ? Dont care for the dude but i for once agree on everything Prime said about it.

Hot Pursuit seems good, liked it when I tried it
The Run got lousy reviews, I wonder why its reg price is higher ($30 instead of $20)
Most Wanted is newer and looks good but I hear the single player mode is weak

I’m leaning towards Hot Pursuit even tho its the older game maybe its the best one. I havn’t bought a NFS game since Undercover

Man, come on i’m upset that I don’t have a P.S. plus because come on. #1. I’ve have a PSN account on my ps3. #2. I’m about to get a ps4 sense I didn’t get one. So how I will be able to get the games instead of keep on going to GameStop to get them.

Even though it’s not listed because it doesn’t have a PS+ discount, I will be buying the Season Pass of Black Ops II. I bet that game’s DLC will never go on sale again after this year and Activision will abandon it just like their older COD titles. Been 2 years since I waited for a sale on DLC for the original Black Ops since I missed 2 of them. Don’t want that to happen again, that’s why I’m buying it.

@CraddaPoosta Sure, but don’t be such a tattletale when you do report them. Ok? I’m just saying…

@DRAGONS_BREED_Z Well, sucks to be you. It’s your fault that you let temptation get into you. No one is to blame other than yourself. Be glad you get to keep it forever even if your subscription expires. And COD would never be free and never will.

Any chance of Tactics Ogre ever going on sale? I got my Vita a year ago, been waiting all this time, and now half of my brain is saying it never will, and the other half is saying as soon as I give in and buy it full price they’ll finally discount it the next week. :(

This blog post really could benefit from a Lone Survivor trailer. If you’re a fan of the old school survival horror games you must give this game a chance. It really is one of the best games that came out last year.